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Alans or Alani: see Sarmatia Sarmatians were later driven by the Huns. The Sarmatians, who until c.200 B.C. lived E of the Don River, spoke an Indo-Iranian language and were a nomadic pastoral people related to the Scythians (see Scythia ), whom they displaced in the Don region.
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Jonathan Howells was easily the best of the four Alains, and I found none of four Widow Simones acceptable, with Alastair Marriott less unacceptable than the other three.
 
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